Hello and welcome you at my profile! I'm Florian, 29 years old from Germany. I'm currently finishing my master in electrical engineering.

Chess has always been a big part of my life. I play chess since I was 10 years old. This was the start of an exciting journey!

In my youth I became addicted to the game :). After some painful losses I started to train myself and within 2 years I became one of the best players in my age group in my federal state. My first "big success" was Bavarian U12 champion in 2009. Since then I won the youth federal championship 4 times. The highlight of my chess youth was surely the 1st place in the U18 German Championship in 2014 featuring players like GM Jonas Lampert, GM Lev Yankelevich, ... .

Since then I played several tournaments and regularly 2nd and 3rd league in Germany for SC Forchheim and my current club SC Erlangen.

I received regularly coaching from Nadja Jussupow (wife of GM Artur Jussupow), a professional chess coach from Russia, since I was 12 years old. She accompanied me in chess until I was 18 years old. I learned the basics and came in touch with Artur Jussupow's and Mark Dworezki's training methods. The most important thing I learned was self-reliance. In my personal opinion the main task of a good coach is to figure out a good personal training concept, answer questions, give direction and show ways to improvement.

I started coaching in 2015. I was part of the Bavarian Coach team for the German Youth Championship 2015. Since then I worked with several young players, one of them also won the Bavarian Youth Championship. For 3 years now I also coach the 1st team of SC Hoechstadt in Germany.

About my teaching methodology:

It's hard for me to describe a general teaching methodology. If you are interested to work on chess together, I would suggest you write me a message and we meet for a free lesson. Depending on your motivation, goals and interests I can work out a suitable training concept with you.

I take students from beginner level up to 2200 Elo. I offer training lessons and training games. I'm available in German or English :).

I look forward to your message!

Best regards,

Florian

My current rating is 2314 Fide Elo, my peak rating is 2345 Fide Elo.

Hourly rate about 25€/h

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